Best way to sell unwanted media.

Cosimo · 14 Jan 2013 at 10:15

Ace Modder said:
for what u get for them, just box them and put in loft.

Better still just give them away which is what I do.

Martynt74 · 14 Jan 2013 at 11:12

semi-pro waster said:
You could try Members Market when you meet the criteria (1,000 posts and have been a member for 180 days) but that's something you'd have to wait for and it might not be a route you want to go down anyway.

I'm sure its been asked before but is there any chance to ammend the rules to allow selling od CD's? There seems to be lots of people wanting to move on collections but unable to on here.

I know the old reasoning was to avoid the risks of people copying cd's and selling them on but with dvd's being able to be ripped just as easily these days. I don't see why the difference in the rules.

Martynt74 · 14 Jan 2013 at 11:12

simulatorman said:
Better still just give them away which is what I do.

Remember to give me a shout next time you're having a clearout then!!!

Narj · 14 Jan 2013 at 11:21

Don't do that - Gilly

TommyV · 14 Jan 2013 at 11:25

carboot sale?

Raymond Lin · 14 Jan 2013 at 11:27

I donated about 20 CDs to charity shop just after Christmas because music magpie offered 20p average per album.

DVDs and BR I will be keeping for a bit, their price has hit rock bottom so what's the rush.

Zbornak · 14 Jan 2013 at 11:31

R-evans said:
Try cex instead!

I scanned 4 items on musicmagpie, they offered £7.60

Cex offered £24

But I assume that's £7.60 cash and £24 store credit?

a1ex2001 · 14 Jan 2013 at 11:31

aardvark said:
i'm the opposite - i must have bought about 300 cd's in the last year building up my collection.

I've been doing the same, mainly filling gaps in my music collection Albums I've always wanted but never got round to buying all of which can be picked up much cheaper than digital downloads and ripped at much higher quality.

londonbairn · 14 Jan 2013 at 12:15

Someone summarised it well on the HMV thread I think, having to rebuy films from VHS to DVD to Bluray and now it will be UHD!

I will await for the Star Wars Re-Re-Re Mastered edition in UHD, and Lord of the Rings Re-Re-Re mastered....and Harry Potter 1-7, with the rest of them (badly) remade in 3D....

semi-pro waster · 14 Jan 2013 at 13:13

Marvt74 said:
I'm sure its been asked before but is there any chance to ammend the rules to allow selling od CD's? There seems to be lots of people wanting to move on collections but unable to on here.

I know the old reasoning was to avoid the risks of people copying cd's and selling them on but with dvd's being able to be ripped just as easily these days. I don't see why the difference in the rules.

You already can, it may be the rules changed since you last checked but I've bought a few CDs from people on here. It's not a particularly common thing and likewise with the books but it is perfectly permissible to sell them, relevant excerpt below:

MM Rules said:
The Member's Market is for the use of all Overclockers UK Forum members to enable them to buy and sell:

Their own, personal, second-hand non-computer related items that might legitimately be discussed in the following Overclockers UK Forums:

*Photography, Video, Music CD's & Books - (This includes General interest and fiction books)

Martynt74 · 14 Jan 2013 at 13:16

Ah, think it must've changed as i'm sure it didn't used to be the case.

Redgie · 14 Jan 2013 at 13:23

CeX near me are terrible, they offered me £60 for a collection through their site, took them in store and they said £17 cash or £25 in vouchers, showed them the info the site had given and they said "no" basically.

ethan · 14 Jan 2013 at 13:28

R-evans said:
I might try cex with about 20 at a time. Don't want them to scan 100 then me say 'no, not good enough'

Well if you do a title search on their website it will tell you exactly how much you will get per dvd/blu ray ?

R-evans · 14 Jan 2013 at 13:30

Zbornak said:
But I assume that's £7.60 cash and £24 store credit?

No, it was £24 cash and I think £29 store credit.

I said the cash amount because I wasn't interested in store credit.

Narj · 14 Jan 2013 at 14:31

Stick the BluRay box sets in MM mate!

a1ex2001 · 14 Jan 2013 at 14:44

Narj said:
Stick the BluRay box sets in MM mate!

He can't, as has already been noted he lacks sufficient posts and time on the board.

anything I don't mind · 14 Jan 2013 at 14:53

Put them on gumtree as a lot or freecycle for free.

bliss · 14 Jan 2013 at 15:37

I have a ton of dvds i could do with getting rid of stored in my loft and had never heard of Music Magpie til this thread. Scanned the first thing at hand, Captain America Bluray Steelbook, and it returned a price of 26p! Promptly uninstalled the app lol.